People
How good bad music and bad reasons sound when we are marching into battle against an enemy.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Nietzsche observes, with irony, how persuasive weak music and flimsy arguments become once people are rallying against a common enemy. Conflict flatters everything on its own side: stirring sounds and poor logic alike feel splendid, because enthusiasm for the fight lowers the standards we would normally apply.
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